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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. J. M. MARES 8u H. W. PBERY.

GATE.

No. 891,418. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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2 Sheets--Sheet 2. J. M. MARRS 8v E. W. PEERY.

GATE.

No.`391,418. Patented 001;. Z3, 1888.

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JAMES M. MARES AND ,HIRAM w. Pnnnv, on ALB-ANY,

MISSOURI.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,418, dated October 23, 1888.

Application filed August 14, 1688. Serial No. 282,725.

To @ZZ whom, 2315 may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES M. MARES and HIRAM XV. PEERY, citizens of the United States, residing at Albany, in the county of Gentry and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements iu gates, the objects being to provide means whereby the weight of the gate may be caused to be supported by an adjacent fence-post, whereby the gate may be raised and supported vertically to permit of the passage of hogs and sheep therebelow, whereby sagging may be remedied, and whereby the gate may be caused to swing automatically either to or from the latch-post; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims,

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a gate and a portion of a fence, illustrating the invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the hinge-post and adjacent end of the gate. Fig. 3 is a View of the latch-post and the end of the gate adjacent thereto. Fig. 4. is a plan view of the gate, hinge-post, and latclrpost.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a gate composed of the pairs of end bars, a a, and the rails a', having their ends bolted or otherwise secured between the mehr bers of said pairs.

B is the hinge-post, and C the latchpost, the latter of which has the bar c Secured to it on the Side toward which the gate opens through the end blocks, c', forming the open space cIl between the said post and bar for the engagement ofthe latch, Ahereinafter described.

c is a vertical Stop-bar secured to the inner face of the latch-post, adjoining the edge opposite the bar c.

B is the hinge-post, standing out of alignment with the fence on the side thereof opposite the bar c, and having secured in its upper portion the eyebolt d, with vertical edges, and in its lower portion the eyebolt d', with horizontal edges, the said eyebolts being inthe Side of the post parallel with the fence.

E is a vertical metal hinge-rod having a bearing at its lower` end in the eyebolt d and a transverse stop pin, e, passing through an (No model.)

opening in it below said bearing, and also a stoplpin, e', passing through an opening in it a suitable distance above said bearing.

F isa hinge-sleeve secured tothe adjacent end bar of the gate and surrounding the rod above its bearing, and j' is a movable washer on said rod below the sleeve.

The upper end of the rod E stands to the inner side of the eyebolt d, and has engaged to it, just below its flattened head g, the looped end of the strong retlexly-bent wire G, the loop at the opposite end of which is engaged in a transverse notch, y', made at a proper distance in the farther side of the nearest fencepost g2. The said wire, consisting of more than one strand, can be readily taken up or let out to adjust the angle at which the rod E stands.

H is the latch Sliding upon the middle gaterail and passing between the adjoining end bars to engage between the latch-post and bar c, and hh are guide-levers pivoted at their npper ends to the opposite sides of thelatch and at their lower ends to the opposite sides of the lowest gate-rail. h h are vertical stop-bars secured to the opposite sides of the gate-rails to the inner side of the guidelever. The inner end of the latch is connected by awire, t', with the end of the lower arm of a doublearmed lever, I, pivoted upon the gate-rail second from the top and with its upper arm pro` jecting above the gate and accessible from both sides thereof. The motion of the said leveris limited in each direction by the retainingstaple i', secured to the top rail of the gate.

J is a twostranded wire, the front bend of which rests iri a transverse groove, j', in the front edges of the guidelevers h, below their pivotal points on the lowest gate-rail and in the bar connecting the lower ends ofthe said levers, the rear bend of said wire engaging against the outer side of the vertical hingerod E near the upper end thereof. The wire passes between the adjacent 'end bars of the gate. The front part of the gate is thus held up or supported by said rod, the latter being supported from the fence-post by the wire G.

K is a lever pivoted at its lower end at a` proper point to the gate-rail second from the top and provided at a point about midway of its length with the swinging arms Zr, having IOO their lower portions bifurcated, and the grooved-edged rollers L, j ournaled between the arms of the bifurcations thereof. The strands jj of the wire Jrest in the peripheral grooves of said rollers and pass between the arms of the bifurcations above the rollers. Aseries of adjusting-openings, m, are made in the top rail adjacent to the lever K and are adapted to receive the pin M, which forms a stop for said lever. It is evident that by moving the lever K toward the latch-opening the rollers will lift and tighten the strands j of the wire J, which can be held thus tightened by inserting said pin M into the proper opening, m, in rear of the lever. The wire J, being in two strands with connected ends, may readily be taken up or let out to lift more or less the free end of the gate.

It is evident that as the wire G supports the rod E from the fence-post g, and as the wire J supports the bottom rail of the gate from the said rod,the basis of support for the weight of the entire gate must be the said post, however slack the said wires may be if the bottom of the gate does not touch the ground. By slackening the wire G the upper part of the rod E will incline outward from the hingepost, and the gate will consequently swing open when the latch is drawn. By tightening said wires the upper end of the rod E can be drawn nearer to the hinge-post than its bearing, and the gate will consequently swing toward the latch-post. By removing the stoppin e', lifting the gate vertically upward, and again inserting said pin below the hingesleeve F and washer f, the gate can be kept raised for the passage of hogs, sheep, Src., underneath.

As the lever K by being moved outward tightens the wire strandsj on the rollers Il and raises the outer or free end of the gate,all sagging-can be remedied by so moving said lever. The said motion also turns the upper ends of the guide-levers h toward the latch-post and increases the force with which said levers,act uated by the wire J, will return the latch outward after being drawn inward 'by the releasing-lever I.

As the open space c2 between the latch-post and bar c extends nearly their entire length, the latch will engage, however high the gate may be raised.

Having described our invention, we claiml. The combination, with a gate, of a hingeposthaving an eyebolt secured in the side facing of the gate near its top and an eyebolt secured in said side near its bottom, a vertical hinge-rod having a bearing in the lower eyebolt, the gate being hung on said rod, and a wire attached to the hinge-rod near its top, passing thence through the upper eyebolt of the hinge'post, and having its outer end attached to the nearest fence-post, the said wire being adjustable in length, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the hinged gate, the two-stranded wire attached at its front end to the lower front portion of the gate and at its rear end to the upper part of the hinged end ofthe gate, the said wire being adjustable in length, the lever pivoted at its lower end to the gate, the rollersjournaled in said lever and having grooves, in which the corresponding strandsofthewire rest,audthestop-pinadaptcd to lit behind said lever in any one of theadjusting-openings in the top rail ofthe gate, substantially as specied.

3. The combination, with the gate, the twostranded wire J, the lever K, and the grooved rollers L, of the hinge-post, having attached the eyebolts d and d', the hinge-rod having a bearing in the eyebolt d', to the hinge-rod, andthe fencepost g2, having the outer end of said wire attached, substantially as specied.

4t. The combination of the hinge-post having a bearing eyebolt near its lower end, the hinge-rod having a bearing in said eyebolt and attached loosely to the hinge-post, the stop-pin passing through an openingin said rod below said eyebolt, and the stop-pin passing through an opening in the hinge-rod a suitable distance above the eyebolt, with the gate, the hingesleeve surrounding the hinge-rod above its bearing and secured to the adjacent end of the gate, substantially as specified.

5. In a gate, the combination of the sliding latch, the doublearmed lever pivoted to the gate,with its upper arm projecting thereabove and its lower arm connected with the inner end of the latch by a wire, the guide-levers pivoted at their lower ends to the bottom rail and at their upper ends to the latch, and the wire J, attached to said levers below their pivotal points at its front end and at its rear end to the hinge-rod on which the gate is hung, substantially as specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoingas our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two wit-nesses.

J AMES M. MARES. HIRAM W'. PERRY.

Witnesses:

G. W. SMITH, Guo. R. WILLIAMS.

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